is. welcome to this special edition of the lead. i m kaitlan collins in for jake tapper. we start with our politics lead and a major victory for donald trump for now. a judge has now granted his request for a special master, allowing a third party attorney to come in and review the documents seized from mar-a-lago last month. the judge cited senchlg reasons for her decision, including the potential stigma that donald trump faces after the search plus what she calls, quote, swirling allegations of bias and media leaks. trump s lawyers argued he needed a special master because they couldn t trust the justice department, and in today s ruling, the judge said federal investigators can not continue reviewing the materials they took until the special master has finished their work. let s get straight to cnn s senior justice correspondent, evan perez. evan, i know this filing is 24 pages long. it came out on this holiday, but what are the main takeaways from it? kaitlan, the j
be the next prime minister, taking over for boris johnson, as the leader of a country in crisis. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m brianna keilar, and this is a the situation room special report. we begin with the major new development in the mar-a-lago search and the justice department investigation into former president trump s handling of classified documents. a federal judge granting his request for an outside attorney to review the materials the fbi seized. cnn s senior justice correspondent evan perez is working the story for us. evan, what exactly did the judge rule here? well, brianna, the judge cited her concern about the fairness and of course this extraordinary situation of the search of a former president s home. i ll read you just a part of what she ruled today. she said that the court hereby authorizes the appointment of a special master to review the seized property for personal items and docu
concealing. plus, at the incitement of violence against law enforcement as an fbi field office is attacked. plus, new reporting of trump s paranoia over so-called rats wearing wires at mar-a-lago. u.s. press secretary karine jean-pierre live in studio on us there is a big wins for the biden white house. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m alicia melendez, erin for chris hayes. today, attorney general merrick garland calls donald trump s bluff, speaking publicly for the first time since the fbi search at mar-a-lago, berlin of fat announced the department of justice is seeking to rig leased the search warrant and and accompanying list of items seized. at last, the former president objects. just, now the department of justice has filed a motion in the southern district of florida to unseal a search warrant and property receipt leading to a court approved search that the fbi conducted earlier this week. that search was a premise is located in florida
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and nail gun who tried to break into an fbi field office today. investigators now looking into whether the suspect had ties to right wing extremism. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. tonight, countdown. there is a deadline on the table, 3:00 p.m. tomorrow. that s when a judge says he needs a response from president trump to the doj, so he can make a formal ruling on whether to make that search warrant of mar-a-lago public. it comes as attorney general merrick garland took the step today of speaking out. breaking his silence, saying that he signed off on the warrant to search trump s mar-a-lago home personally, and he s doing it by the book. now formally requesting a judge to make the search warrant and supporting documents used in the search of trump s mar-a-lago public. just now, the justice department filed a motion in the southern district of florida to unseal a search warrant and property receipt, relating to a court approved search that the fbi condu